~Andrea~ Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Well. I was in Paris with an art group, and we were told we were trying snails or going without dinner. They came in these little containers of a garlic sauce. And they had the texture of mushrooms, kinda, and were a bit sour but garlic-y. I ate everyones haha coz I liked them. And beans are just icky. Bleh! The snails didn't LOOk like snails. I love mushrooms but I'm still not tempted The only time I ever saw them was in a service station on the way from the euro star to Paris. They were piled in a bowl alongside the salad bar and just looked like, well, a bowl of snails :-S Quote
Nollaig Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Roxi those snails sound amazing!! The kind I've had definitely did not taste like that. Just another reason for me to go to Paris I guess! lol When you guys say beans, what do you mean? Green beans? Baked beans? Tinned baked beans. Ick. No. As for the snails, don't hold me to that, that was what I thought when I was 16 They were largely tasteless besides the garlic dip and I love garlic... so... Quote
Peacefield Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 What if they were homemade baked beans, Roxi?! I must admit I like them. I love mushrooms and garlic, so hopefully one day I'll get to try some as good as those you had when you were younger. When you said that about eating everyone else's it made me think of the time my mom overdid it on mussels on our trip to Prince Edward Island, Canada. We had never had them before and she went wild over them. Ended up getting sick from all the drawn butter, but she said it was well worth it, lol. Quote
Nollaig Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Baked beans are evil. I think I ate like one when I was a kid and it made me think of a horrible tomato-y mini potato THING, it was rotten, so I've never given it a go. Maybe I even made that taste up in my head, I don't know I've never had mussels either. Quote
BookBee8 Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 horrible tomato-y mini potato THING. Nice description, hehe. Nope, I've never tried mussels either! Quote
Peacefield Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 So does that mean you don't like tomatos or potatos either?! Mussels are delicious! Especially drowned in butter and garlic and parsley and wine... lol Quote
BookBee8 Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Mussels are delicious! Especially drowned in butter and garlic and parsley and wine... lol Oh my gosh. To me that sounds awful: I don't like butter, or garlic, or parsley...or wine! Hehe . I also haven't tried...prawns. I'm not overly keen on sea food! Quote
Nollaig Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 I like the sound of mussels, and I love sea food! Prawns are yummy, but disturbingly crunchy And I don't like tomatoes, but I do love potatoes, come on, I'm Irish! POTATOES! Quote
Peacefield Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Oh yeah! Go potatoes!! lol I love them too. I've gotten to lately getting the little 'fingerling' style and chopping them up for stew - yum! I'm semi-okay with tomatoes. I'll eat them in a sauce or in bruscetta, but not on a salad or a sandwich, go figure. Bee, no butter, garlic, parsley or wine??!!! How do you function? They give everything such good flavor... Quote
BookBee8 Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Bee, no butter, garlic, parsley or wine??!!! How do you function? They give everything such good flavor... Haha, I'm very simple. When I think add flavour, I think ketchup Quote
Guest ii Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 When I think add flavour, I think ketchup I think I've died and gone to Hell. Quote
Nollaig Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 I think I've died and gone to Hell. Not refined enough for your liking? Quote
lexiepiper Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Well it's no posh wine Roxi snobbery at it's finest Quote
madcow Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Mussels are delicious! Especially drowned in butter and garlic and parsley and wine... lol Sits here drooling at the thought.... Quote
Guest ii Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Not refined enough for your liking? What can I say, I grew up surrounded by French cuisine. I take food seriously. Well it's no posh wine Roxi snobbery at it's finest I didn't say anything about wine, posh or other kind. Quote
BookBee8 Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 I think I've died and gone to Hell. Owww, sorry!! I grew up with beans on toast, roast dinners, fish 'n' chips night...you get the idea! Quote
Nollaig Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Owww, sorry!! I grew up with beans on toast, roast dinners, fish 'n' chips night...you get the idea! And theres not a thing wrong with that dear. Quote
lexiepiper Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 What can I say, I grew up surrounded by French cuisine. I take food seriously. At the end of the day, just because you take food "seriously" there's absolutely no need to be so rude to someone because they say they like ketchup, some of us as weird as it may seem do eat things others may not like, you just move on if you have nothing nice to say Quote
Guest ii Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Owww, sorry!! I grew up with beans on toast, roast dinners, fish 'n' chips night...you get the idea! *laughs* Glad you can take a joke. Seems to be rare around these parts... I have to confess, I've never had beans on toast. I don't really like beans of any kind, so... I do like toast! *grin* I don't know why, in fact, but my current must-have brunch includes toast with cheese and bacon on it. It's the weirdest thing, but I simply have to have it! Quote
Peacefield Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 On my one-and-hopefully-not-only trip to England we took a road trip to Canterbury and along the way we had the most delicious fish and chips. I know it's common there but here in MN it's usually yucky processed stuff at a fast-food place. I've never had beans on toast either, but love both things! Especially a nice crusty hunk of bread to dip in olive oil or babaghanoush. YUM!! Quote
BookBee8 Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 On my one-and-hopefully-not-only trip to England we took a road trip to Canterbury and along the way we had the most delicious fish and chips. I know it's common there but here in MN it's usually yucky processed stuff at a fast-food place. I've never had beans on toast either, but love both things! I love fish 'n' chips from the seaside here in England, they're so lovely . Is beans on toast more rare then I first thought? Haha, I thought it was really common, hehe. Quote
Nollaig Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 I love fish 'n' chips from the seaside here in England, they're so lovely . Is beans on toast more rare then I first thought? Haha, I thought it was really common, hehe. It IS very common, Dear. I know many people who love it Quote
lexiepiper Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Me too and i adore seaside fish and chips, can you get any more british than that!? Quote
BookBee8 Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 It IS very common, Dear. I know many people who love it Haha, good, I thought I was going crazy. Yes, seaside fish 'n' chips is very British!! Lovely Quote
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